Performance has been an integral part of the mission of ASPECT since our inception, and we are proud to present this broad interpretation of the practice for our ninth volume. In this issue, ASPECT focuses on the broad spectrum of performance art—from traditional interpretations of performance to those integrating advanced technologies, inanimate objects, passersby, and site. Some performances should not be recorded or replayed, leaving anyone not present to rely on second hand accounts and their imagination. However, the videos included in this issue of ASPECT are works intended to be seen repeatedly and broadly.

In this issue:

Undertow by Marilyn Arsem w/ commentary by Alexander Del Re

Opera for a Small Room by Janet Cardiff & George Bures Miller w/ commentary by Marjory Jacobson

Folly Series by Rob List w/ commentary by Jed Speare

365 Performances by Jamie McMurry w/ commentary by Natalie Loveless

Pull, Dagger, Night Spider, Scuttle by Julia Oldham w/ commentary by Julie Rodrigues Widholm

Black or White by Marisa Olson w/ commentary by Matthew Lyons

Crossingover by Tanya Ostojic w/ commentary by Pam Allara

Alternate Interfaces by Stelarc w/ commentary by Christiane Paul

whenever on on on nohow on | airdrawing by Peter Welz w/ commentary by Bill Arning

Don by Nina Yuen w/ commentary by Joe Gibbons

Credits: Editor:Michael Mittelman; Assistant editor:Liz Nofziger; Design and production:Meghan Tomeo; Contributor liason:Julia Handschuh